contrarier

French

Etymology

From Latin contrariō

Pronunciation

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Verb

contrarier

1. to thwart
2. to upset
3. to stand in the way of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contrarier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contrarier			avoir contrarié
gerund		en contrariant			en ayant contrarié
present participle		contrariant
past participle		contrarié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contrarie	contraries	contrarie	contrarions	contrariez	contrarient
	imperfect	contrariais	contrariais	contrariait	contrariions	contrariiez	contrariaient
	past historic1	contrariai	contrarias	contraria	contrariâmes	contrariâtes	contrarièrent
	future	contrarierai	contrarieras	contrariera	contrarierons	contrarierez	contrarieront
	conditional	contrarierais	contrarierais	contrarierait	contrarierions	contrarieriez	contrarieraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	contrarie	contraries	contrarie	contrariions	contrariiez	contrarient
	imperfect1	contrariasse	contrariasses	contrariât	contrariassions	contrariassiez	contrariassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	contrarie	—	contrarions	contrariez	—
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